General Information

Serial #

1415820

Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL/ GLASS/ SYNTHETIC

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

N/A

Width

86.0 m

Height

104.5 m

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Marine Transportation

Category

Navigation instruments & equipment

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Sperry

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New York

City

Brooklyn

Context

Country

North America

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Unknown

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF GYRO COMPASS USED BY THE COAST GUARD ON THEIR SHIPS.

Function

TO ALIGN ITSELF WITH THE GEOGRAPHIC MERIDIAN AND PROVIDE A CONSTANT TRUE NORTH INDICATION REGARDLESS OF THE ROLLING, PITCHING, AND YAWING OF THE VESSEL IT IS ON. THE INDICATIONS OF THE MASTER COMPASS ARE TRANSMITTED TO REPEATING COMPASSES & THE COURSE RECORDER.

Technical

REPLACES MAGNETIC COMPASSES FOR SHIP NAVIGATION/ A GYRO COMPASS POINTS TO TRUE NORTH WHEREAS MAGNETIC COMPASSES POINT TO MAGNETIC NORTH WHICH VARIES

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.1 MFG'S PLATE: 'SPERRY GYROSCOPE CO. INC./ BROOKLYN, N.Y./ MASTER COMPASS/ MARK XIV MOD. 1/ SERIAL NO. 1415820 INSPECTOR E.V.A. US[ANCHOR]'/ DECAL: '180944'/ STAMPED IN COMPASS SUPPORT STRUT: '2756'/ COMPASS RING GRADUATED IN TENTHS FROM '0' TO '360' DEGREES/ ONE LATITUDE SCALE MARKED FROM '0' TO '70' NORTH & SOUTH/ OTHER LATITUDE SCALE 0 TO 70 OVER 'KNOTS' GRAPH '0' TO '35'/ BUBBLE LEVEL MARKED '0' TO '70'/.2 STICKER ON TOP: 'MARITIME/ MOVING STORAGE/ ROOM/ ITEM 9/ FLOOR/ 11'

Missing

SCREW ON MECHANISM COVER

Finish

BINNACLE & LID MATTE BLACK/ METAL PARTS OF COMPASS & ACCOMPANYING WORKING PARTS PAINTED MATTE BLACK EXCEPT FOR COMPASS RING & SOME OTHER CHROMED PARTS/ UNCOLOURED GLASS COVER ON TOP OF LID

Decoration

N/A